Stromatoporoids (extinct sponge)

Middle to Upper Devonian Lost Burro Formation

Inyo County, California

"Spaghetti" stromatoporoids called genus Amphipora--an extinct variety of calcareous sponge--observed in the Middle Devonian section of the Middle to Upper Devonian Lost Burro Formation at Lost Burro Gap in Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California. Image originally snapped with a Nikon 35mm camera, then digitally remastered--and eventually edited and processed through photoshop (creating the black background, for one).

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